High energy percussive step dance from the Appalachian Mountains and beyond...

With a tamed Wild Goose from Minnesota, three Dartmoor Step
Dance Champions, and members of the acclaimed Buffalo Gals Stampede, Appakella
is a small team packed with energy (most of the time!) and skill.
With roots in Appalachian clog and flatfooting, Appakella
bring you a feast of percussive foot traditions; French Canadian, Dartmoor Step and South
African Gumboot to name but a few. Add
an occasional broom, and you never quite know what to expect…

We hit the ground running in 2011, with performances and children's workshops at Sidmouth Folk Week and Shrewsbury Folk Festival. We're delighted to say that the only complaints were from adults who wanted to join in too! Since then, we've been back to Sidmouth each year, enjoying seeing the same faces coming back time and again, and even remembering some of their steps! In 2012 we helped to launch the Buffalo Gals Stampede show at the Merlin Theatre in Frome, and had a great weekend at the Festival of Old Time American Music in Gainsborough this year.If you would like to find out more about who we are and what we do, just drop us a line at music-dance@hotmail.co.ukor give Jenny a ring on ﻿07790-008839﻿ or 01392-255352.